A Study of Death Due to Poisoning in Barpeta, Assam

Authors

  • Arpan Mazumdar Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
  • Manoj Kumar Singha Department of Forensic Medicine, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta, Assam, India
  • P.K. Thakuria Department of Forensic Medicine, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/rrjoi.v6i3.1290

Abstract

Suicide is a complex phenomenon. Depression, psychological stress and schizophrenic depression were the factors that influence suicide. Suicide is one of the major burdens nowadays. Fifteen suicides took place every one hour during the year 2014. Poisoning is the second most common method of suicide adopted for suicide after hanging. In this study, all the cases of suspected poisoning brought for autopsy in the department of forensic medicine, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta district, Assam, during the year 2014 were included. A total of 46 cases of suspected poisoning death were analyzed. In the study, male fatalities were more and maximum poisoning victims occurred in young age group (21–30 years). In this study, the aim is to evaluate incidence and pattern of poisoning in the district of Barpeta.

 

Keywords: Suicide, poisoning, hanging

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Arpan Mazumder, Manoj Kumar Singha, P.K. Thakuria. A Study of Death Due to Poisoning in Barpeta, Assam. Research & Reviews: Journal of Immunology. 2016; 6(3): 1–4p.

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Published

2019-04-06

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2016)

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Research Article

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